Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Then cometh Jesus (tote paraginetai o Ihsouv). The same historical present used in Matthew 3:1. He comes all the way from Galilee to Jordan "to be baptized by him" (tou baptisqhnai upo autou). The genitive articular infinitive of purpose, a very common idiom. The fame of John had reached Nazareth and the hour has come for which Jesus has waited.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 3:13:
Matthew 4:5
Luke 3:21
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